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2023

World Air Quality Report

NEWSROOM
AQI US legend

0-50

Good

51-100

Moderate

101-150

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200

Unhealthy

201-300

Very unhealthy

301+

Hazardous

Rank Major city, country/region AQI USFollowers
1 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
176
25.1K followers
2 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
162
144.9K followers
3 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
155
1.7M followers
4 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
154
316.8K followers
5 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
151
11.7M followers
6 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
136
364.1K followers
7 Beijing, China Beijing, China
134
6.8M followers
8 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
117
6.3K followers
9 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
117
2.2M followers
10 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
114
23.3K followers
11 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
111
219K followers
12 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
110
1.4M followers
13 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
110
224.4K followers
14 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
109
80K followers
15 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
99
1M followers
16 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
99
22.1K followers
17 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
88
67.7K followers
18 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
87
59.4K followers
19 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
82
62K followers
20 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
82
380.4K followers
21 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
81
316.2K followers
22 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
80
9.3K followers
23 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
80
6.3M followers
24 Delhi, India Delhi, India
76
2.7M followers
25 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
75
253.1K followers
26 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
72
19.4K followers
27 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
71
1.3M followers
28 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
70
1.5M followers
29 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
69
377.4K followers
30 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
66
394.1K followers
31 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
65
99.2K followers
32 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
65
303.5K followers
33 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
65
974.6K followers
34 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
63
15K followers
35 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
63
48.5K followers
36 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
62
113.2K followers
37 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
61
338.5K followers
38 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
60
29.6K followers
39 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
60
63.4K followers
40 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
59
1.3M followers
41 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
59
322.4K followers
42 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
59
1.7M followers
43 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
59
197.9K followers
44 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
58
34.5K followers
45 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
57
21.7K followers
46 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
57
79.8K followers
47 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
55
14.3K followers
48 Lyon, France Lyon, France
53
485.4K followers
49 Paris, France Paris, France
53
5.5M followers
50 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
53
193.2K followers
51 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
53
61.4K followers
52 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
53
325.5K followers
53 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
53
37.9K followers
54 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
50
168.3K followers
55 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
48
36.9K followers
56 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
45
2.1M followers
57 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
45
51.1K followers
58 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
45
185.1K followers
59 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
45
1M followers
60 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
43
12.8K followers
61 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
42
93.3K followers
62 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
41
83.9K followers
63 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
41
668.1K followers
64 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
41
27.5K followers
65 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
39
681.4K followers
66 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
38
20.1K followers
67 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
37
112.4K followers
68 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
37
141K followers
69 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
37
79.7K followers
70 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
35
20.8K followers
71 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
35
13.6K followers
72 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
34
856.6K followers
73 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
34
1.5M followers
74 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
33
767.8K followers
75 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
33
5.3M followers
76 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
32
230.3K followers
77 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
31
37.8K followers
78 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
31
61.7K followers
79 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
30
73.2K followers
80 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
30
25.4K followers
81 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
29
95K followers
82 Nice, France Nice, France
29
452K followers
83 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
29
105.5K followers
84 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
29
79.3K followers
85 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
28
48.9K followers
86 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
28
282.2K followers
87 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
28
233.7K followers
88 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
27
84.1K followers
89 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
27
113.7K followers
90 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
26
62.5K followers
91 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
26
25.1K followers
92 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
26
15K followers
93 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
25
337.5K followers
94 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
25
381.7K followers
95 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
25
109.2K followers
96 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
25
6M followers
97 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
23
120.5K followers
98 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
23
34.5K followers
99 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
21
32K followers
100 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21
2.2M followers
101 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
21
271.3K followers
102 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
21
42.5K followers
103 Denver, USA Denver, USA
20
1.5M followers
104 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
19
139.1K followers
105 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
19
107.7K followers
106 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
19
294.4K followers
107 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
17
21.9K followers
108 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
17
271.2K followers
109 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
17
37.5K followers
110 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
16
44.8K followers
111 New York City, USA New York City, USA
16
1.8M followers
112 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
16
1.6M followers
113 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
15
24.3K followers
114 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
15
13.5K followers
115 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
12
66.5K followers
116 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
12
329.5K followers
117 Houston, USA Houston, USA
12
26.8K followers
118 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
11
577.2K followers
119 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
10
291.6K followers
120 Portland, USA Portland, USA
8
125K followers

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